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"Jojo Rabbit" follows a lonely German boy Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis), whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his mother Rosie (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a Jewish girl Elsa (Thomasin McKenzie) in their attic.

Aided by his wildly idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler (Taika Waititi), Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.

LucasFilm and director J.J. Abrams join forces once again to take viewers on an epic journey to a galaxy far, far away with 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker', the riveting conclusion of the seminal Skywalker saga, where new legends will be born and the final battle for freedom is yet to come.

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"Ladybird, Ladybird", inspired by real events, is a love story. The story of Maggie (Crissy Rock) and Jorge (Vladimir Vega) and their struggle to have a family. Maggie has had four children, by four different fathers, removed by social services because of a previous violent relationship.

When she meets Jorge, a gentle Latin American refugee, she gradually sees her chance for happiness, but her history still haunts her. She finds it difficult to escape the image that is described in her official records. 'Ladybird, Ladybird' is an emotional and harrowing story of a woman's fight to keep her children and her relationship intact.

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In the 1920s, political activist Jimmy Gralton built a dance hall in rural Ireland. As the hall grew in popularity its free-spirited reputation brought it to the attention of the church and politicians who forced Jimmy to flee and the hall to close.

A decade later, at the height of the Depression, Jimmy returns from the US. The hall stands abandoned but as Jimmy sees the poverty and growing oppression in the village, the leader and activist within him is stirred. He decides to reopen the hall, and so takes on the established authorities of the church and the government.

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Loach was awarded the 1981 Young Cinema Award at Cannes for this naturalistic study of one young man's struggle to find his way in the world set against a backdrop of Thatcherism and the Irish troubles.

Based on Barry Hines' acclaimed novel, and made at a time when British unemployment was already reaching record levels, 'Looks and Smiles' follows Mick, a teenager looking for work in recession-hit Sheffield. Featuring a cast of unknown leads, with hauntingly lyrical black and white cinematography of bleak industrial scenes, this gritty portrait is as important a film to watch today as it was on first release.

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It begins with a funny, touching evocation of a rambunctious Sicilian childhood, as six-year-old Toto (the irresistible Salvatore Cascio) becomes first an irritant and then a willing assistant to the gruff projectionist Alfredo (Philippe Noiret) at the local cinema, the Paradiso.

A decade later, now going by his full name of Salvatore (Marco Leonardi), he falls in love with a girl out of his social league, takes his first tentative creative steps in the world of film and decides to leave home for good. Finally, the adult Salvatore (Jacques Perrin) ruefully reflects on the personal and emotional cost of his artistic success, and how much he owes to Alfredo. The beautiful score by Ennio Morricone and his son Andrea bathes the film in a warmly nostalgic glow.

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"Spin" carries us deep in the heart of a tension filled political campaign. Games of power, reason, hate and love: these Spin doctors will go to any lengths; to see their candidate win.

The taut, pacey French political thriller returns for a third and final series, and this breathless opener suggests it'll be a savage race in the final six months before the presidential elections. As things stand, the extreme far-right party is leading the opinion polls - but a bloody assassination alters the political landscape and sends those at all ends of the spectrum into stunned turmoil.

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Captain Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion), a hardened veteran (on the losing side) of a galactic civil war, now ekes out a living aboard his ship, Serenity.

He leads a small, eclectic crew, but when Mal takes on two new passengers - a young doctor and his telepathic sister - he gets much more than he bargained for. The pair are fugitives from the coalition dominating the universe, and so Serenity finds itself caught between the unstoppable military force of the Alliance, the horrific, cannibalistic fury of the Reavers - and another danger lurking at the very heart of the spaceship...

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The acclaimed French political crime drama. 'Spin' carries us deep in the heart of a tension filled political campaign. Games of power, reason, hate and love: these Spin doctors will go to any lengths to see their candidate win.

It's a year since Anne Visage (Nathalie Baye) lost the presidential elections, and the current president faces two disasters: one personal and one political. His delicate and unpredictable wife has a car accident. The passenger, her lover, is killed instantly. An almighty cover up ensues with disastrous consequences. Simon Kapita (Bruno Wolkowitch), is recalled to the heart of government to deal with the media but his strategy and communication skills are put to the ultimate test when a new scandal emerges.

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On a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation's capital, a team of terrorists has seized a major international airport and now holds thousands of holiday travellers hostage.

The terrorists, a renegade band of crack military commandos led by a murderous rogue officer (William Sadler), have come to rescue a drug lord from justice. They've prepared for every contingency except one: John McClane, an off-duty cop gripped with a feeling of deadly deja vu. Bruce Willis returns as the heroic cop who battles not only terrorists, but also an incompetent airport police chief (Dennis Franz), the hard-headed commander (John Amos) of the Army's anti-terrorist squad and a deadly winter snowstorm. The runways are littered with death and destruction, and McClane is in a race against time. His wife (Bonnie Bedelia) is trapped on one of the planes circling overhead, which is desperately low on fuel.

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The acclaimed French political crime drama. 'Spin' carries us deep in the heart of a tension filled political campaign. Games of power, reason, hate and love: these Spin doctors will go to any lengths to see their candidate win. France is in shock: the President has been assassinated.

Behind the scenes, politicians are already campaigning for the special snap election in 35 days time. Presidential advisor Simon Kapita (Bruno Wolkowitch) wants to preserve his mentor's honour and sides with low-level Minister Anne Visage (Nathalie Baye). He believes she is the only one capable of defeating their political enemy, Prime Minister Philippe Deleuvre. But Simon finds his former protege (Ludovic Desmeuze played by Gregory Fitoussi) in his way, now working for his rival the PM's campaign. Both spin doctors go to war.

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The Gentlemen follows American expat Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey) who built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London.

When word gets out that he's looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.

Route Irish is a fast-paced conspiracy thriller that-delivers a fresh insight into the moral and political corruption at play in Iraq. As well as exploring the abuses perpetrated by private security firms on the ground in Iraq.

Eric (Steve Evets), a postman whose life is slipping though his fingers. That is until, with a little help from his family, his mates and, believe it or not, his hero Eric Cantona, he gets his life back on track.

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Rose-Lynn Harlan (Jessie Buckley), is bursting with raw talent, charisma and cheek. Fresh out of jail and with two young kids, all she wants is to get out of Glasgow and make it as a country singer in Nashville. Her mum Marion (Julie Walters) has had a bellyful of Rose-Lynn's Nashville nonsense.

Forced to take responsibility, Rose-Lynn gets a cleaning job, only to find an unlikely champion in the middle-class lady of the house (Sophie Okonedo). 'Wild Rose' is an uplifting story with an original soundtrack about family, dreams and reality, and three chords and the truth.